I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sumi - Jun 17, 2009 6:41:16 pm PDT #24747 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

Not wrong at all. How long does the corpse flower stay in bloom?


Kat - Jun 17, 2009 6:44:31 pm PDT #24748 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

sumi, I'm not sure. I think a week to ten days. More info here: [link] Like all flowers, this one looks totally sexual.

Also, on my list of things I need? I need 60 copies of Tale of Two Cities. Seriously. I should write a grant for that one.


billytea - Jun 17, 2009 6:45:23 pm PDT #24749 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

I didn't really listen in much, it was actually about abiogenesis, but the word "Darwinism" was being used.

Oh oh oh! There was a fantastic article in the NY Times this week. Scientists have, fairly recently, made no less than four major advances in determining how life could have begun. [link]

Microchip her. It's very subtle.

And then we can follow her migratory habits! If we're really lucky, she'll lead us to where the blue whale goes to breed.


msbelle - Jun 17, 2009 6:46:13 pm PDT #24750 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Kat - does the tale of two cities need to be a specific edition?


Kat - Jun 17, 2009 6:47:28 pm PDT #24751 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

msbelle, nope. I have 10 kids in academic decathalon next year and another 50 in ONE PERIOD of AP. Yes. You read that right. 50 kids in one class.

WTFuckityF?


Amy - Jun 17, 2009 6:52:03 pm PDT #24752 of 30000
Because books.

We should all go out and pick up a couple at used bookstores for you, Kat.

Also, the corpse flower sounds awesome and I haven't even looked at it yet.


msbelle - Jun 17, 2009 6:54:21 pm PDT #24753 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Kat, I put a posting on freecycle. I'll let you know if I get any.


§ ita § - Jun 17, 2009 7:02:33 pm PDT #24754 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Kat, I think the development stuff is fascinating. They become people. Their little brains are so unlike ours for so long, but they're growing and changing as you watch. I kinda don't believe in it, so I'm fascinated to read about it. Plus I like to read about what makes my friends happy.

I blanch at the thought of all the fundraising you have to do. I wouldn't even know where to start. Go msbelle with the freecycle.

I just found out something about google. If I google "south korea president" it tells me who the president of South Korea is (Lee Myung-Bak) before it gives me any search results. That's way cool. Don't ask why I found that out. I have too much time on my hands.

Off to read billytea's link.


billytea - Jun 17, 2009 7:14:42 pm PDT #24755 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Kat, I think the development stuff is fascinating. They become people. Their little brains are so unlike ours for so long, but they're growing and changing as you watch. I kinda don't believe in it, so I'm fascinated to read about it. Plus I like to read about what makes my friends happy.

There's a Uni textbook I half have my eye on, called "How Children Develop" [link] Looks fascinating, just, it's priced like a Uni textbook. Oh, there's also a DVD series called A Child's World (it seems to be out of production now). Only three episodes long, but it covers how a child develops a conception of identity, time, other people's awareness, all that kind of thing. It's excellent viewing.


P.M. Marc - Jun 17, 2009 7:19:27 pm PDT #24756 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Like today, Noah articulated a sequence of events, in chronological order that he remembered. His little brain is growing and developing and it thrills me because you can see all of that learning happening.

Eee! That is so cool! Isn't that just awesome to see unfold?